“Plurality is never to be posited without necessity.”
Quote by William of Ockham
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Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi
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William of Ockham
William of Ockham (1288-1347) was a medieval English philosopher, theologian, and logician. Known for his principle of parsimony, 'Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem,' he had a profound impact on science and philosophy. Ockham's philosophy is still widely discussed today, and his principle of parsimony is considered a fundamental principle of the scientific method. more
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